never asks anything from anyone she is not willing to assist with or do herself. She has energy and is a goal achiever. Individuals who know or work with the leader know her determination. She has a vision and strives to achieve the goal of that vision with her team of students. The result is always for the benefit of the patient, the organization, and the team. She currently holds the position as program coordinator for the practical nursing program. Student: You have achieved a position of leadership
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INTRODUCTION The documentary “Inside North Korea” by Lisa Ling shows the isolation that North Korea faces, the fear that Kim Jong Il creates in the people, and it shows what life is like for North Koreans. This country has a political ideology called "Juche” enforce by Kim Il Sung. The ideology “Juche” will be presented in more detail below. North Korea is known as the hermit kingdom because it has been cut off from the rest of the world (Yi, Sun-Kyung, 2004). It is known to be one of the most isolated
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Assessment Dimensions The ASAM criteria identify the following problem areas (dimensions) as the most important in formulating an individualized treatment plan and in making subsequent patient placement decisions. The ASAM Form is an ASSESSMENT tool as well as a PLACEMENT tool and seeks to match intensity of treatment to severity of illness. It is also a method for justifying clinical decisions Common Errors • Summaries are generalized and insufficient • Client does not meet criteria
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and goal: to belong and to feel significant. Adlerian Psychology focuses on people’s efforts to compensate for their self-perceived inferiority to others. Alder stressed the need to understand individuals within their social context. The theory and application of Adlerian psychology hub on seven critical ideas which are: Unity of the Individual, Goal Orientation, Self-Determination and Uniqueness, Social Context, The Feeling of Community, Mental
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nurses everyday are struck by initiating and rendering empathetic care to patients and families. Daily, nurses are also subject to a multitude of crises, high acuity sets and increased workloads. The psychological demands of a nurse, under incomprehensible amounts of stress, has yet to be addressed in depth. Compassion fatigue is a label stuck to the caregiver who becomes victim to continued strain in meeting the needs of patients and families suffering from critical, traumatic, or end-of-life needs
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Attention Getter: Picture your dog having been in a horrible accident. The only options are to let it suffer or to put it down. Most would choose to take the dog out of its suffering. Now, imagine this happening to a family member. What if the family member was asking for their suffering to end? Introduction: Assisted suicide is an intentional termination of life by another at the explicit request of the person who wishes to die. There are current debates on the legality of assisted suicide.
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Ethical and Legal issues in Nursing The nursing profession is very complex. Every day nurses deal with patients and medical care. There are some days when ethics and legal issues play a role. We were given examples of the legal complexities of nursing through two case studies we were to evaluate. For this paper we will discuss the legal responsibilities of nursing, how personal and societal values can influence ethical decision-making and how the ANA’s Code of Nursing Ethics would influence the
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Beach Florida there is a Patient Access Department (Admitting), as there is in all hospitals. There is a one director, manager, supervisor and trainer that lead the department. This department also includes 15-20 admitting clerks and 4 financial counselors. The financial counselor’s group is referred to as the FES group and their main objective is to verify the patients insurance benefits, determine how much the patient owes, notify the insurance company that the patient is admitted and collect
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Perspective: Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are the fathers of Humanistic Perspective. Humanistic Perspective is ones own motivation to grow. This perspective is all about ones own determination to reach their goals, their interactions and interpersonal-relationships with those around them, and the importance of one having choice and self direction. Cognitive Perspective: The Cognitive Perspective is the based on the mental process and how humans process information. In the 1960’s there was a “Cognitive
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Behavioral Theory of Addiction Contrasted With Moral and Disease Theories Theory and Practice in Addiction Counseling The behavioral model of addiction emphasizes conditioning as the primary reason for substance abuse. The individual chooses whether or not to engage in substance-using behavior depending on what they get out of the experience, relative to other options they have. If the substances are more rewarding than other activities within the person’s environment, then the behavior will
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